Practices

Every practice in the library, in one list. Narrow it by how long you have, who it is written for, and where you are right now.

Narrowed down

4 practices

Grounding and settling Twenty minutes Coping, mostly Clear all

How long you have · Twenty minutes

A minute 9 Five minutes 14 Twenty minutes 4

Who it is written for

Someone I care about 4 A practitioner 4 Me 4

Where you are right now · Coping, mostly

Coping, mostly 4 Struggling right now 1 Getting ready for something 1

On your own, or with someone

On my own 3 Both of us together 1

Theme · Grounding and settling

Systems for daily life 21 Medication and how it works 19 Moving your body 17 Get started 11 Getting assessed and diagnosed 11 The cost of avoiding 11 Screens and attention 10 Touch and bodywork 8 Your nervous system 8 Treatment and medication 7 Shared spiritual life 7 Feelings and focus 7 What anger actually is 6 Staying regulated in conflict 5 Bringing the future closer 5 The moment before you snap 5 Breaking the worry loop 5 Exercise, food and other supports 5 Food, caffeine and fuel 5 What ADHD actually is 5 When anger turns to harm 4 The fear underneath anger 4 Growing empathy 4 Grounding and settling 4 When everything feels flat 4 Repair after rupture 4 Righteous anger and perfectionism 4 Rituals of connection 4 Your sense of time 3 Structure and routine 3 Rebuilding trust 3 Reading, numbers and learning differences 3 Knowing your partner 3 Making it stick 3 Emotions as signals 3 Breathing 3 Cool the body first 2 Use your strengths 2 What worry does 2 Anger, alcohol and the body 2 Feeling from the inside 2 Equanimity and perspective 2 Answering bids 2 Shame and stigma 2 When you use something to cope 2 Safety and grounding 1 Keep the bond 1 Treatment and medication 1 Facing it a step at a time 1 Rest and pacing 1 Tolerate distress 1 Practising under provocation 1 Posture and how you carry yourself 1 Remembering to do it 1 Obsessions and compulsions 1 Listen to the body 1 Choosing your response 1 Care for yourself in loss 1

Approach

Mindfulness 3 Body based 1

If sitting still with your eyes closed has never worked, do it moving. Walking, washing up, gardening: the exercise is the same, and there is something to hold on to.

Sitting meditation asks for the hardest possible version of the task, sustained inward attention with nothing outside to grip. Attach attention to…

Twenty minutesGrounding and settlingMindfulnessQur’an 3:191

If your child is learning to settle, learn it alongside them rather than supervising. Parents who practise report less stress of their own and less flying off the handle.

Attention difficulties run in families, so the adult in the room is often working with much the same wiring at the end of a longer day. Practising…

Twenty minutesGrounding and settlingMindfulnessQur’an 16:80

If your imagination runs away with you, use it rather than fight it. Guided imagery gives a vivid mind somewhere to go.

Being able to disappear into a scene is a real ability, even when it has mostly got you into trouble at school and in meetings. A recording that…

Twenty minutesGrounding and settlingMindfulnessQur’an 40:64

Left, right, left, right. Walking, swimming, drumming and rowing all give the body the same steady side to side rhythm that the seated techniques are copying.

If tapping your own shoulders feels odd, or you would rather not do anything that looks like a technique, go for a walk instead and let the rhythm do…

Twenty minutesGrounding and settlingBody basedQur’an 20:53

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